06-15-2010, 06:42 AM
Quote:Terry Deary:2giqbcse Wrote:I've no interest in schools.....Kids should leave school at 11 and go to work.... Everything I learned after 11 was a waste of time.
You can see why academics might be a bit dismissive of his opinions.
You possibly miss his point which, I suspect, was a comment on the British education system (wrapped up in a somewhat exaggerated manner, of course, as that gets publicity and he is in the selling of books business) - was, after all, a teacher and has some inside knowledge
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